Dyson Debuts Its First Robot Vac

The Dyson 360 Eye is the first step into the robot business for Dyson, already known for its high-performance vacuum cleaners. WSJ’s Wilson Rothman explains how it'll work.

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... Dyson Doherty known for its high performance vacuum cleaners is getting into the robot business its new robo back ... the dice and three sixty nine ... was announced with a little bit of trash talk about the current market leader I robot Roomba ... at last and intelligent robot capable of cleaning properly reads the press release ... Dyson said its machine maps every room with a three hundred and sixty degree camera ... uses infrared sensors to avoid obstacles in gets out of tough spots using tank traps ... there's a smartphone app that connects to the wide like a robot if you wanna get a little housecleaning done from the office or just want to torture your cap ... most of all the company says the Dyson three sixty I'd stocks like no robot back ... ever so before ... when I talk to James Dyson founder of the company that bears his name ... he said he'd been working at this for sixteen years possibly even longer than I robot been working on theirs ... the Dyson three sixty I was in Japan for a price of fourteen thousand dollars and one that other markets in twenty fifteen ...